Affymetrix GeneChip® Exon and Gene Arrays offer a more complete and accurate picture of overall gene expression than traditional 3'-based expression arrays, by enabling you to interrogate the entire length of the gene, not just the 3' end. Combined with the GeneChip® Whole Transcript Assay, you not only get a more accurate picture of whole-genome, whole-transcript gene expression, but you can also see precisely what is being expressed.
Whole Transcript and Alternative Splicing: Exon 1.0 ST Arrays
GeneChip Exon Arrays provide the most comprehensive coverage of the genome and enable two complementary levels of analysis-gene expression and alternative splicing. Multiple probes per exon enable “exon-level” analysis and allow you to distinguish between different isoforms of a gene. This exon-level analysis on a whole-genome scale opens the door to detecting specific alternative splicing events that may play a central role in disease mechanism and etiology. You can also perform “gene-level” analysis, in which multiple probes on different exons are summarized into a single expression value of all transcripts from the same gene, enabling similar analysis workflows to 3'-gene expression.
Whole Transcript: Gene 1.0 ST Arrays
The Gene 1.0 ST Array System offers a cost-effective solution for whole-genome, whole-transcript expression analysis for human, mouse and rat. Each of the well-annotated genes is represented by approximately 26 probes spread across the full length of the gene, providing a more complete and accurate picture of gene expression than 3'-based expression array designs. All 26 probes are automatically summarized into a single expression value per gene, allowing standard analysis software packages and simple analysis workflows to be used to analyze data. Gene 1.0 ST Arrays are the most advanced and cost-effective gene expression profiling option for new microarray users.
Convenient one-array view
Complete coverage of the Human Genome U133 Set plus 6,500 additional genes for analysis of over 47,000 transcripts
Use the Power of the Probe Set and get multiple independent measurements for each transcript that deliver the greatest accuracy and reproducibility of any microarray platform
